“I just want to thank them, coming back home after their successful participation in the Olympic and on Thursday we will continue with the celebration and we’ll be organizing some gifts for these Olympians.”

Beating NZ athletes in Abu Dhabi was an achievement on its own with the Prime Minister joking that Fiji will do the same in Hong Kong this weekend.

“Well, I would like to express the same sentiments expressed by the honorable Prime Minister in congratulating the Special Olympic team for winning in Dubai. They’ve definitely have brought fame to the name of our beautiful nation and we would like to say congratulations.”

This is the first time the Fijian Special Olympics team won seven gold medals.

Five gold medals were won in the track events and two in swimming.

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